Cheek-bones, seemed almost Indian. The burnt skin and keen dark eyes
contributed to this effect, though the bronze of the skin and the eyes
themselves were essentially those of a white man. He looked older than
thirty, and yet, smooth-shaven and without wrinkles, he was almost
boyish. This impression of age was based on no tangible evidence. It
came from the abstracter facts of the man, from what he had endured and
survived, which was far beyond that of ordinary men. He had lived life
naked and tensely, and something of all this smouldered in his eyes,
vibrated in his voice, and seemed forever a-whisper on his lips. The
lips themselves were thin, and prone to close tightly over the even,
white teeth. But their harshness was retrieved by the upward curl at the
corners of his mouth. This curl gave to him sweetness, as the minute
puckers at the corners of the eyes gave him laughter. These necessary
graces saved him from a nature that was essentially savage and that
otherwise would have been cruel and bitter. The nose was lean,
full-nostrilled, and delicate, and of a size to fit the face; while the
high forehead, as if to atone for its narrowness, was splendidly domed
and symmetrical. In line with the Indian effect wa

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